| Snaggletooth shark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Hemigaleidae |
| Genus: | Hemipristis |
| Species: | H. elongata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger, 1871)
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| Range of the snaggletooth shark | |
The snaggletooth shark, or fossil shark (Hemipristis elongata), is a species of weasel shark in the family Hemigaleidae, and the only extant member of the genus Hemipristis. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific, including the Red Sea, from southeast Africa to the Philippines, north to China, and south to Australia, at depths from 1 to 130 meters. This shark can be found near the bottom of the water column of coastal areas, but can be found at continental and insular shelves.[1] Its length is up to 240 cm (7.87 ft) .[2] Despite being only vulnerable to extinction, this shark is very rarely seen.
- ^ "Hemipristis elongatus (Klunzinger, 1871) Snaggletooth shark". Fishbase. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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